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- HAND CORN SHELLBR. No. 280,887. Patented July 10, 1883.

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forming part of this specification.

UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES G. \VARREN, OF PROVIDENOE, RHODE ISLAND.

HAND CORN-SHELLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 280,887, dated July 10, 1883.

Application filed April 1, 1883. (No model.) i

Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand Oorn-Shellers; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

a This'invention has reference to an implement that can be conveniently held in the hand and carried about the person, which is useful in removing the kernels from the corncob; and it consists in the device hereinafter described and claimed. 7

Figure 1 is a view of a double hand cornsheller of the natural size. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the axial center of the two rings on line as m. Fig. 3 is a View of asingle corn-sheller provided with points, so that it can be easily held in the hand.

In the drawings, A is a large and B a small circular ring, both cast in one piece, each provided with the projections c c, of tapering section and circular outline, so that they readily enter between the kernels and by a partial rotation of the cob separate the same, as these projections c c are wider than the ring, as shown in Fig. 2, and project at each side of r the ring as Well as toward the center. The

ring is by this means made reversible, both faces being alike, so that a cob much smaller than the ring can be stripped or shelled by holding the ring obliquely to the cob.

\ D D are projections extending beyond the ring, and made of any desired form, so asto fit the hand most conveniently and allow of the sheller being firmly held. When two rings are cast in one piece, one forms a convenient handle for holding the device while the other is in use.

Instead of forminga true circle, the rings A and B may be made oval, egg-shaped, or

other convenient form; but the circular form is found most efficient in use.

These corn-shellers are cast in any suitable metal, they are light require no finishing or fitting, can be carried in a pocket, and are an efficient and'convenient article of use for farmers, hostlers, and others using corn in the cob. The form of the proj ections c insures great strength with facility for entering between the kernels.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A hand corn-sheller consisting of a metallic ring having external projections to form a secure hand-grasp, and having internal projections of a width greater than the width of the ring to extend beyond the ring on each side, substantially as described.

JAMES G. WARREN.

A I-Vitnesses:

L. O. HILLARD, J. A. MILLER, Jr. 

